Given a finite-dimensional algebra [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text], we construct a new algebra [Formula: see text], called the stretched algebra, and relate the homological properties of [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]. We investigate Hochschild cohomology and the finiteness condition (Fg), and use stratifying ideals to show that [Formula: see text] has (Fg) if and only if [Formula: see text] has (Fg). We also consider projective resolutions and apply our results in the case where [Formula: see text] is a [Formula: see text]-Koszul algebra for some [Formula: see text].